The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-28
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal aud Local.

esponding fifteen days of 1886.
H. G. Hartman, who on Tuesday was elected
PRESIDENT of the St Louis 8 Central Illinois
cad, was in the city yesterday.
The c., l., st. L. & c. yesterday wheeled into
inc, and announce that. commencing with to-
lay they would sell at all of their Offices week
md tickets.
The Central Traffic Association has adopted
resolution limiting theatrical tickets closely IN
point of time and requiring that they bear the
name of the party entitled TO use them.
Edgar Hills general freight agent of the Bee
line, spent yesterday in the city. He is feeling
good over the volume of traffic the Beeline IS
doing and the handsome results from the main
tenance of rates.
The managers of the L. E. & w. railway have
issued orders that from and after Feb. Is all the
passenger trainmen must be uniformed This |
includes conductors. baggagemen, brakemen, |
parlor and chair-car conductors and porters.
Whether D. K. Folsom will take the agency |
of the American Express Company at st. Louis |
now hinges the salary. Mr.. Folsom is so |
pleasantly fixed at indianapolis that it will take
quite money inducement to transfer HIM to |
St Louis.
h W. Hibbard general freight agent Of the
Vandalia, spent yesterday in the city. He is SO
Disguised with pooling agreements and awards
in pools that he is not at all prejCdiced against
the interstate-commerce bill if it means the
death of pools.
The large falling off in shipments of live stock
thus far this year, as compared with those of the
first twenty two days of January, 1886, is telling
seriously in the revenue from this branch OF
traffic. Through business has been fully 40 per
cent lighter this year than in the corresponding
period last year.
R. D. Orlopp, route agent of the American
Express Company, Indiana district yesterday
resigned to go to st. Louis to take the superin-
tendency of the American Express Company's
stables at that point. AS route agent dick"
had made himself highly popular in the territory
over which he travelled.
H. r. Dering last night received telegram
from Henry Monet stating that he would leave
with the remains of D. NJ Kendrick tonight for
Terre Haute, where the deceased expressed a
wish that he might be buried and he asks Mr..
Dering to make the arrangements for the fun
eral at Terre Haute on Sunday.
Runners have been rurrent that east bound
rates were off 5 cents per 100 pounds over some
of the lines. but careful investigation failed to
find any grounds for such report. The agents
of the local association are still bound by their
agreement strictly maintain rates. if the pools,
for the time being, at least, are under cloud.
A deputation of thirty engineers on the Cana
dian Pacific railway between Port Arthur and
Quebec. waited on W. c. VanHorne vice-presi-
dent of the company for an advance Of wages.
They considered that the company's receipts now
justified an increase. The result Of the confer
ence was an agreement to raise the wages 20 per
cent.
R. d. Hughes, general superintendent of the
Ohio and Indiana division of the American Elk
press Company, spent yesterday in the city,
taking general survey Of matters. He says
something will soon be done in the way of leas-
ing or purchasing property for more roomy and
convenient Offices in close proximity to the Union
Depot
On Monday night coming over from ST. Louis
on the local sleeper, Mrs. George W. Boyd lost
a valuable diamond pin. After some inquiry, it
was learned that the car-cleaner had picked it
| up when sweeping out the ear, and, thinking it
to be something of little value took it home for
| his children. On learning that it was worth
| 5000, he promptly returned it.
| The rapidly expanding railway interest of the
new South" will be represented in the journal
iste field by the Southern Railroad Age, the
| first number of which has come to hand. The
Age is neat sixteen page monthly. and AS its
editors seem to be thoroughly acquainted with
| the field the venture is to occupy. success
| will doubtless attend its career
Now 1t is said that the new company will not
| be reorganized to take control of the Indanapo-
| lis. Peru s. Chicago road before the middle of
| February, and it is quite safe to fix the time at
March l. After the reorganization is completed
it will take several days to get line of tickets
| on sale, distribute new supplies among the Of
| fees, and put things in running order.
An iron and steel bridge over Tanners
| creek, on the c., l., St. L. & c., 100 feet in
| length, was completed yesterday This road
| crosses this creek eight times, and within the
last two years new bridges have been built rest
ing on heavy stone abutmentS at each of the
| points the road crosses this stream, which in
| years past has given the company so much
| trouble.
The meeting Of presidents and general man
| ayers called for next week in Chicago is looked
| forward to with great deal of interest by rail
road men generally. 1t is expected that it will
be of two or three days duration and that the
interstate commerce bill will be discussed in al
its bearings and decision reached as to the con
tinuance of pools under another name for self
protection
When the interstate-commerce bill has full
sway the manufacturers and merchants of In
dlanapolis will discover that they have had ad
vantages in rates which were not appreciated
There is not business point in this country
where sharp competition worked more in favo
of the shipper than at Indianapolis. Especially
is this remark true regards shipments to tn,
Southwest the West and the Northwest.
AS an Additional means of safety, and to So
cure more uniformity in the giving Of train or
|, ders, the e., ii. q ID. management has ordere
that conductors and engineers, on reaching a ter
ninal point, shall turn their orders into tn
train-dispatcher's Office, where they will be KEEP
on file Any irregularities or inaccuracy will b
noted, and the attention of the operator VIII
gave the order will be called to such irregularit
or inaccuracy.
An article written by DR.. W. B. Outten an
printed in the Weekly Medical Review, pub
. lished in st. Louis is surprising in its revels
tions. 1t appears that of all the accidents
employees upon the st. Louis Iron Mountain
Southern railway, for six years ending Dec. 81
1884, % per cent were caused in coupling an
uncoupling cars Nearly 20 per cent of all tn
accidents to employees upon the Missouri Pacif
system in 1885, were coupling accidents
The frequency with which eminent lawyer
: are removing from other parts of the country
New York excites some comment. Within til
last two three years, it is stated. some twenty
{ five of the best lawyers of the West and Soutl
t west have removed to New York among tt
: number John F. Dillon, Wager Swavne, Robe
Ingersoll, Wayne McVeagh, Ex-Governor HUI
bard, of Texas and now it ia announced tn.
George Hoadly is to remove from Ohio to tn;
Y | city.
e prominent Chicago railroad official is quote
q as saying that the interstate commerce bill
u the worst blow that the Chicago Board of TRAD
Il has ever had since it was organized The b
was intended to build up the country busine